Over 650 posts in MP district courts vacant: SC told

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) More than 650 posts are lying vacant in the district courts of Madhya Pradesh and 1,541 courtrooms are available in the state against the 2,021 sanctioned posts of judicial officers, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday.

Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, assisting the apex court as one of the four "amici curiae" (friends of the court) in a matter relating to infrastructure and filing up of vacancies in the district courts across the country, has filed his sixth report in the court, which throws light on the status of vacancies and infrastructure in the district courts of six states and two Union territories.

The report, filed before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, gave the details of the vacancies and infrastructure in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and the Union territories of Puducherry and Chandigarh.